IN CONVERSATION - ORGANIZED LIVING WITH SHIRA GILL
Welcome to the Elsie Green Podcast where our host Andie and her guests discuss design, travel, fashion, beauty and other beautiful things in life.
In episode 2, Laurie takes over to explore organized living with Shira Gill, author of Minimalista and a new book Organized Living.
Listen to the full episode here.
Read on for a deeper dive into some of the things we discuss in the podcast.
Find an overview of Shira's 15 Minute Wins here.
Sign up for Shira's mailing list here for other tips and tricks to help you clear the clutter.
| image courtesy of louise carmen paris |
Find the Louise Carmen notebooks Laurie mentioned in the discussion about the re-emergence of analog tools in our lives here.
Find Laurie's Hatch alarm clock here.
Laurie's book recommendation
Shira's book recommendations
Find the book 24/6 about giving up screens one day per week here.
Read about the Pomodoro Technique here and get the Pomodoro app here.
Read more on this topic in our post Dabbling in Analog.
Of course, clearing the clutter is not about buying more things to organize your things. But after you've done the values based work of identifying what to keep and what to let go, sometimes one needs the right vessels.
Peruse Shira's favorite 5 organizing tools from Elsie Green
For holding small things: flatware & utensils in the kitchen, supplies in the office.
For everything! Stash a few in the closet for carrying things to the car, collecting laundry, and moving things around the house.
For making sense of items in your junk drawer. See more easy tips Shira's appearance on Good Morning America here.
For corralling small things, for mail, for books and magazines, for collecting herbs in the garden.
For make-up brushes in the bath, supplies in the office, or to collect small things in a drawer.
See Shira's appearance on Good Morning America here for some great hacks that cost less than $25.
If you want to use a label maker the Brother P-Touch is Shira's favorite. Or take a short cut and buy the Home Organizing Collection of labels from Minimalista x Paper & Pear.
Join us on February 10 for a morning with Shira sharing her tips to help edit, organize, elevate, and simplify everything in your home.
Come away inspired to organize just one closet, or your whole home. And get your signed copy of Organized Living to help you keep going on your simplifying journey.
Listen to episode 1 where Andie and Laurie cover some of our solutions for the storage challenges posed by apartment living.